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Then get to writing the Great Wisconsin collection of Short stories: The Cold Country.The storie common protagonist can fulfill her purpose of bringing art and flower appreciation to a land of barns and silos. Add in a romance and it can be used as a story for a Musical like South Pacific. The crazy cast of marines and seabees could be done by certain commenters. With a few changes the music is already written, songs such as, "I'm in love with a wonderful Hoosier" and "There's nothing Like a Law School Dame".

It seems to me that actual fortunes in fortune cookies are quite rare these days. Usually you just get some bland aphorism. We have several good ones on the fridge though: "You will have all you need."

When I was first dating my husband he got one that said something like "you should marry her". That's worked out well for both of us.

"Let me guess: You clutched it in your wittle hand, extra tight, to make it all come true, right?"

No, I put it on my plate and took a photograph of it to make it usable on the blog.

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"I mean, really, I mean.... I mean, all right. Let's say: if I get a fortune cookie in a Chinese restaurant, I mean, of course, even I have a tendency, I mean, you know, I mean, of course, I would hardly throw it out! I mean, I read it, I read it, and I just instinctively sort of, you know, if it says something like: "Conversation with a dark-haired man will be very important for you," well, I just instinctively think, you know, who do I know who has dark hair? Did we have a conversation? What did we talk about? In other words there's something in me that makes me read it, and I instinctively interpret it as if it were an omen of the future, but in my conscious opinion, which is so fundamental to my whole view of life, I mean, I would just have to change totally to not have this opinion, in my conscious opinion, this is simply something that was written in the cookie factory, several years ago, and in no way it refers to me! I mean, you know, the fact that I got--I mean, the man who wrote it did not know anything about me, I mean, he could not have known anything about me! There's no way that this cookie could actually have to do with me! And the fact that I've gotten it is just basically a joke! And I mean, if I were to go on a trip, on an airplane, and I got a fortune cookie that said "Don't go," I mean, of course, I admit I might feel a bit nervous for about one second, but in fact I would go, because, I mean, that trip is gonna be successful or unsuccessful based on the state of the airplane and the state of the pilot, and the cookie is in no position to know about that."